Donna Karan: designing her next chapter
Other than focusing on a collection of bohemian classics, she is also bringing alternative healing techniques into traditional healthcare
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DONNA Karan - sartorial confidante to working women, daydreamer about someday dressing a madame president - barely remembers her final day at the helm of the fashion house that still bears her name. It's been a year since she formally stepped down, and the memory of those final hours is clouded with nostalgia and disbelief. But she can pinpoint the regret. "I didn't want to leave the design room," she says. "I didn't want to leave the people."
The designer had been wanting to move on for years. She'd taken the company public in 1996, sold the business to the French conglomerate LVMH Moët Hennessy Louis Vuitton in 2000. She knew she'd be leaving soon, and rumours were beginning to percolate within the industry. But she had to keep the news to herself until it was formally announced. And so she kept up a pantomime. "We were planning spring (collections) and I couldn't tell anyone. I was draping clothes and knowing (they were) not going to happen."
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